Better Teaching @ MIT
Dr. Lori Beslow
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
Exciting innovations and changes are happening in MIT education. If you would like to learn about them--as well as learn how to improve your own teaching--come join us for the "Better Teaching @ MIT" workshops. We'll talk about incorporating active learning into your classroom, using new
educational technologies, getting feedback from students to strengthen your courses, and other topics. Workshops are open to all members of the MIT community who are interested in educational issues.
Contact: Cindy Dernay Tervalon, E53-410, x3-3371, cdernay@mit.edu
Sponsor: Teaching and Learning Lab
Tech's Top Teachers Talk Turkey
Dr. Lori Breslow, Moderator
This year's Better Teaching series kicks off with a session at which some of MIT's best Teachers will spill the beans on how they made their names as "Tech's Top Teachers."
Wed Jan 24, 02-04:00pm, 9-151
Active Learning
Dr. Lori Beslow
Do you want to create a classroom environment that encourages student questioning, argument, and real-time experimentation? This session will look at ways to get students talking, doing things, and learning both from you and one another.
Thu Jan 25, 02-04:00pm, 9-151
Assessment: Using Classroom Reseach to Improve Teaching
Dr. John Newman
TBA
Mon Jan 29, 02-04:00pm, 9-151
Whose Class Is It Anyway? Improvisation Skills for Instruction
Dr. Miriam Diamond
Teaching would be a lot easier if every class session could be scripted in advance. However, instructing and interacting with students often involves quick thinking, flexibility, and the ability to respond to the unexpected. The capacity to listen, concentrate on several dynamics at the same time and work in a team environment may be called upon, as well. In this session, we discuss and demonstrate how improvisational acting exercises can help faculty and TA's develop skills to enhance teaching effectiveness. Please come prepared to participate!
Tue Jan 30, 02-04:00pm, 9-151
Using MIT's New Educational Technologies
Jean Foster
A slew of educational technologies, from websites to simulations to on-line tutoring, are changing the face of education at MIT. Come learn how these technologies can help you and the students whom you teach.
Wed Jan 31, 02-04:00pm, 9-151
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How to Give a Short Talk
Edward H. Adelson
Wed Jan 10, 02-03:00pm, E25-117
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Short conference presentations are one of the main ways of letting people know about your work. A short talk must be carefully planned and executed so that information flows effectively from you to your audience. I will describe the key ingredients that make a talk succeed, as well as the pitfalls that can make it fail.
Contact: Edward H. Adelson, NE20-445H, x3-0645, adelson@psyche.mit.edu
Sponsor: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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Learning Communities: A Personal Look at Different Approaches to the First Year
Concourse , ESG, ISP, MAS
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Since 1970, over 3500 first year students have participated in one of MIT's four first-year programs: Concourse, the Experimental Study Group (ESG), the Integrated Study Program (ISP), and the new Media Arts and Sciences program (MAS). What continues to attract students to these programs and what do they gain from the experience? What is it like to teach in one of these programs? A 3-part symposium on teaching and learning jointly sponsored by Concourse, ESG, ISP, and MAS in which faculty, staff, and students will talk about their experiences and contrast them with those of the regular curriculum. Join us for lunch at noon on Friday.
Contact: Debra Aczel, 16-177, 253-4074, daczel@mit.edu
Sponsor: Integrated Studies Program
Dynamic Teaching Models: Enhancing the Faculty-Student Connection
Concourse , ESG, ISP, MAS
Faculty and instructional staff discuss interactive teaching/learning experiences in the first-year.
Mon Jan 22, 02-04:00pm, Bartos Theatre
Peer Learning
Concourse , ESG, ISP, MAS
CANCELLED
Wed Jan 24, 02-04:00pm, 16-136
The Student Experience
Concourse , ESG, ISP, MAS
NOTE TIME CHANGE: Join us for lunch from noon-1pm in 24-612 before this third and final session. Then stay to hear students talk about their experiences participating in a learning community during their first year. If you plan to attend the luncheon, please rsvp to Julie Banda (banda@mit.edu) by Wednesday, January 24.
Fri Jan 26, 12am-02:00pm, 24-612
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